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Alex Maskey

Alex Maskey (born 8 January 1952) is a former Northern Irish politician who served as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2020 to 2024 and was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2002 to 2003.

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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI; Irish: Páirtí Comhghuaillíochta Thuaisceart Éireann), or simply Alliance, is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Armagh

Armagh (Ard Mhacha,, "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.

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Ballyclare

Ballyclare is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Bangor, County Down

Bangor is a city and seaside resort in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough.

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Basil McCrea

Basil McCrea (born 13 November 1959) is a former Northern Irish politician.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Radio Ulster

BBC Radio Ulster (BBC Raidió Uladh) is a Northern Irish national radio station owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland, a division of the BBC.

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Belfast Cenotaph

The Belfast Cenotaph is a war memorial in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in Donegall Square West, to the west of Belfast City Hall.

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Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland.

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Belfast City Hall

Belfast City Hall (Halla na Cathrach Bhéal Feirste; Ulster-Scots: Bilfawst Citie Haw) is the civic building of Belfast City Council located in Donegall Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast East is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

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Belfast Telegraph

The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland.

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Billy Hutchinson

Billy "Hutchie" Hutchinson (born 1955) is a Northern Irish Ulster Loyalist politician and activist who served as leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) from 2011 to 2023, now serving as party president.

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British national identity

British national identity is a term referring to the sense of national identity, as embodied in the shared and characteristic culture, languages and traditions, of the British people.

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British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, British fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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British nationalism

British nationalism asserts that the British are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Britons,Guntram H. Herb, David H. Kaplan.

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Carál Ní Chuilín

Carál Ní Chuilín (born 18 December 1964), formerly known as Caroline Cullen, is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer serving as the Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2024.

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Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus (meaning "Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Carrickfergus Borough Council

Carrickfergus Borough Council was a district council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland.

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Carrickfergus Town Hall

Carrickfergus Town Hall is a municipal structure in Joymount in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Castlederg

Castlederg (earlier Caslanadergy) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales

Catherine, Princess of Wales (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family.

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Ceasefire

A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions, often due to mediation by a third party.

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Cliftonville F.C.

Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional association football club playing in the NIFL Premiership – the top division of the Northern Ireland Football League.

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Clough

Clough is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Crusaders F.C.

Crusaders Football Club is a professional Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premiership.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, and as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from November 2023 to July 2024.

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David Ford (politician)

David Ford (born 24 February 1951) is a former Northern Irish politician, who was leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from October 2001 until October 2016 and was Northern Ireland Minister of Justice from April 2010 until May 2016.

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Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland.

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Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Finance (DoF, An Roinn Airgeadais, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Siller) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Justice (Irish: An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o tha Laa) is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive, which was established on 12 April 2010 as part of the devolution of justice matters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Dundonald, County Down

Dundonald (Gaelic: Dùn Dhòmhnaill) is a large settlement and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Falls Road, Belfast

The Falls Road is the main road through West Belfast, Northern Ireland, running from Divis Street in Belfast City Centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs.

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Families Acting for Innocent Relatives

Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1998 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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Flag of Ireland

The national flag of Ireland (bratach na hÉireann), frequently referred to in Ireland as 'the tricolour' (an trídhathach) and elsewhere as the Irish tricolour is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist), white and orange.

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G8

The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014.

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Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Cumann Lúthchleas Gael; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and rounders.

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Gavin Robinson

Gavin James Robinson (born 22 November 1984) is a Northern Irish unionist politician and barrister who has served as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since March 2024.

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Gerry Kelly

Gerard Kelly (born 5 April 1953) is an Irish republican politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who played a leading role in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement on 10 April 1998.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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Hit and run

In traffic laws, a hit and run or a hit-and-run is the criminal act of causing a traffic collision and not stopping afterwards.

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Holy Cross dispute

The Holy Cross dispute occurred in 2001 and 2002 in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast City Hall flag protests and Holy Cross dispute are 21st century in Belfast, protests in Northern Ireland and riots and civil disorder in Northern Ireland.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule.

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Jackie McDonald

John "Jackie" McDonald (born 2 August 1947) is a Northern Irish loyalist and the incumbent Ulster Defence Association (UDA) brigadier for South Belfast, having been promoted to the rank by former UDA commander Andy Tyrie in 1988, following John McMichael's killing by the Provisional IRA in December 1987.

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Jamie Bryson

Jamie Bryson (born 4 January 1990 in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish loyalist activist who originally attracted media attention as a leading figure in the Belfast City Hall flag protests.

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Jim Allister

James Hugh Allister (born 2 April 1953) is a Northern Irish politician and barrister who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim since the 2024 general election.

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Jim Dowson

James Dowson (born) is a British far-right political activist, Christian nationalist and Ulster loyalist, active in Northern Ireland.

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Jimmy Birch

Jimmy Birch (born c. 1970Josephine Long,, BBC) is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader and activist.

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Leinster House

Leinster House (Teach Laighean) is the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland.

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List of mayors of Belfast

The Lord Mayor of Belfast is the leader and chairperson of Belfast City Council, elected annually from and by the city's 60 councillors.

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List of protests in the 21st century

This is a list of protests in the 21st century.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Love Ulster

Love Ulster was a campaign conducted in Northern Ireland in 2005–08.

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Martin McGuinness

James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman for Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles.

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Matt Baggott

Sir Matthew David Baggott, (born 1959) is a retired senior British police officer.

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Máirtín Ó Muilleoir

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (born 31 December 1959) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, author, publisher and businessman, who served as the 70th Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2013 to 2014.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Minister of Home Affairs (Northern Ireland)

The Minister of Home Affairs was a member of the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland (Cabinet) in the Parliament of Northern Ireland which governed Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Molotov cocktail

A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – see) is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids sealed with a cloth wick).

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Nadine Coyle

Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985) is an Irish singer.

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Naomi Long

Naomi Rachel Long MLA (née Johnston; born 13 December 1971) is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive since February 2024, having previously served from January 2020 to October 2022.

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Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey is a large settlement north of Belfast city centre in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Newtownards

Newtownards is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Niall Ó Donnghaile

Niall Ó Donnghaile (born 28 May 1985) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2016 to 2024.

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NIFL Premiership

The NIFL Premiership, known as the Sports Direct Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and Irish Premiership colloquially, is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Northern Ireland Football League – the national league in Northern Ireland.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlan Assemblie), often referred to by the metonym Stormont, is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. Belfast City Hall flag protests and Northern Ireland Assembly are History of Belfast.

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Northern Ireland flags issue

The Northern Ireland flags issue is one that divides the population along sectarian lines. Belfast City Hall flag protests and Northern Ireland flags issue are flag controversies.

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Oireachtas

The Oireachtas, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland.

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Omagh

Omagh (from An Ómaigh, meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Parades Commission

The Parades Commission is a quasi-judicial non-departmental public body responsible for placing restrictions on any parades in Northern Ireland it deems contentious or offensive.

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Parades in Northern Ireland

Parades are a prominent cultural feature of Northern Ireland.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.

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Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)

Parliament Buildings, often referred to as Stormont, because of its location in the Stormont Estate area of Belfast, is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved legislature for the region.

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Partition of Ireland

The Partition of Ireland (críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

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Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)

Peter David Robinson (born 29 December 1948) is a retired Northern Irish politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015.

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Phil Coulter

Philip Coulter (born 19 February 1942) is an Irish musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland.

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Plastic bullet

Plastic bullet can refer to.

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Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Polis Service o Norlin Airlan), is the police service responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within Northern Ireland.

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Political demonstration

A political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers.

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Portadown

Portadown is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Progressive Unionist Party

The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a minor unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Protestant Coalition

The Protestant Coalition was a minor Ulster loyalist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Red Hand Commando

The Red Hand Commando (RHC) is a small secretive Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland that is closely linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

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Riot

A riot or mob violence is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people.

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Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (lit), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

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Seaview is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Shankill Road

The Shankill Road is one of the main roads leading through West Belfast, in Northern Ireland.

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Short Strand

The Short Strand (an Trá Ghearr) is a working class, inner city area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast City Hall flag protests and Short Strand are riots and civil disorder in Northern Ireland.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Social Democratic and Labour Party

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta agus Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.

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The Irish News

The Irish News is a compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.

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Translink (Northern Ireland)

Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), a public corporation in Northern Ireland which provides the public transport in the region.

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UK City of Culture

UK City of Culture is a designation given to a city (or a local area from 2025) in the United Kingdom for a period of one calendar year, during which the successful bidder hosts cultural festivities through culture-led regeneration for the year.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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Ulster Defence Association

The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster loyalism

Ulster loyalism is a strand of Ulster unionism associated with working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Protestants

Ulster Protestants are an ethnoreligious group in the Irish province of Ulster, where they make up about 43.5% of the population.

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Ulster Says No

Ulster Says No was the name and slogan of a unionist mass protest campaign against the provisions of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement which gave the government of the Republic of Ireland an advisory role in the governance of Northern Ireland. Belfast City Hall flag protests and Ulster Says No are protests in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Unionist Party

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Volunteer Force

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Workers' Council strike

The Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) strike was a general strike that took place in Northern Ireland between 15 May and 28 May 1974, during "the Troubles". Belfast City Hall flag protests and Ulster Workers' Council strike are protests in Northern Ireland.

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Union Jack

The Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom.

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Unionism in Ireland

Unionism in Ireland is a political tradition that professes loyalty to the crown of the United Kingdom and to the union it represents with England, Scotland and Wales.

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United Ireland

United Ireland (Éire Aontaithe), also referred to as Irish reunification or a New Ireland, is the proposition that all of the island of Ireland should be a single sovereign state.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Secretary of State

The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.

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Water cannon

A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water.

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Waterside, Derry

The Waterside (Ulster-Scots: Wattèrbroo) generally refers to the part of Londonderry on the east bank of the River Foyle.

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Willie Frazer

William Frederick Frazer (8 July 1960 – 28 June 2019) was a Northern Irish Ulster loyalist activist and advocate for those affected by Irish republican violence in Northern Ireland.

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2005 Belfast riots

The 2005 Belfast riots were serious loyalist riots and civil disturbances in Belfast, Northern Ireland in September 2005. Belfast City Hall flag protests and 2005 Belfast riots are 21st century in Belfast, History of Belfast, protests in Northern Ireland and riots and civil disorder in Northern Ireland.

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2006 Dublin riots

A series of riots in Dublin on 25 February 2006 was precipitated by a proposed march down O'Connell Street of a unionist demonstration.

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2010 United Kingdom general election

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons.

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2012 North Belfast riots

During the 2012 North Belfast Riots sectarian disorder and rioting between loyalists and republicans occurred when rival parades, authorised by the Parades Commission, took place. Belfast City Hall flag protests and 2012 North Belfast riots are 2010s in Northern Ireland, 2012 in Northern Ireland, 2012 riots, 21st century in Belfast and riots and civil disorder in Northern Ireland.

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2013 Belfast riots

This article covers rioting in July and August. Belfast City Hall flag protests and 2013 Belfast riots are 2013 in Northern Ireland, 2013 riots, History of Belfast, protests in Northern Ireland and riots and civil disorder in Northern Ireland.

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